Kozhikode (Kerala): The model of what is billed as India's biggest mosque --
accommodating 25,000 in its courtyard -- was unveiled here Monday.

The mosque is to come up in a 40 acres near here and the complex
will also house a heritage museum, convention halls, and a media
centre, according to the Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya
headed by Muslim scholar Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobaker Musliyar, who
unveiled the model here.

"The heritage museum is for the protection and exhibition of all
such holy remnants of prophets and men of Islamic importance, and
this will surely add a new dimension to the cultural life of
Kerala," said Musliyar.

Speaking to IANS, an official of the Markaz said that the work on
the mosque is expected to begin in April and would be completed in
18 months time.

"The cost of the project is estimated to be Rs.40 crore and will
come through public contributions. The feature of the mosque is
that initially it would be an open one and would more or less
resemble the famed Jama Masjid in Delhi," said the official who
did not wish to be identified.

Musliyar heads the popular social, charity and educational
organisation based here, which has taught more than 30,000
students from various states in the country in the last three
decades.

Three years back, the Markaz was in the news when more than 100
children from Kashmir were brought here for basic education.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday arrested Andhra
Pradesh Home Secretary B.P. Acharya for alleged corruption in the
Emaar-APIIC township case here.
Acharya was arrested by the CBI officials in the afternoon after
they questioned him since morning at Dilkusha guest »

In a major
embarrassment for senior Congress leader and Education Minister Peerzada Sayeed,
a local newspaper Monday carried the facsimile of an answer sheet
in two handwritings -- alleging that part of it had been written »

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